At the same time, Minister Moore, it is clear that a quick response is needed because things are moving increasingly fast. I hope to have an opportunity to talk to you about the report on digital issues that was published in 2011. The reaction time is extremely long.
I would now like to discuss intellectual property. In the omnibus bill on budget implementation—Bill C-31—you made amendments to the Trademarks Act under the pretext of wanting to align the efforts while respecting treaties like the Madrid Protocol.
A number of stakeholders have come to talk to us about this. They testified before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology and before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.